Table of content Introduction by Michel Brousse The Co-option of Jigoro Kano to the International Olympic Committee by Pierre de Coubertin (1909) By Patrick Clastres The Controversy Over the Sportification of Japanese Judo in the Interwar Period By Nakajima Judo and Gender in Japan By Mizoguchi Out of the West: The History of the Development of Women’s Judo in the West By Professor Mike Callan and Dr Amanda Callan-Spenn The Path to Olympic Judo By Michel Brousse The Meaning of the Judo Rules By Michel Brousse Contributions of Science to Competitive Judo By Luis Fernandes Monteiro and José Manuel García García Training Judo Athletes for the Olympic Games a Sport Science Approach Focusing on the Physical Dimension By Emerson Franchini The Evolution of Olympic Judo: An Events Management and Gender Perspective By Lisa Allan and Larisa Kiss Judo and the Media, A Personal Insight By Vlad Marinescu Paralympic Judo By Emanuela Pierantozzi, Nicole Maussier A Three-Pillar Approach to Judo Practice for Lifespan Development: Leveraging Olympic Glory Through Shared Ideals By David Fukuda and David Matsumoto